Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-35605
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 15 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when afterschool and breakfast clubs will be able to reopen under its revised COVID-19 Strategic Framework.
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Question reference: S5W-35622
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when contact sports for 12- to 17-year-olds will be allowed to restart under its revised COVID-19 Strategic Framework.
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Question reference: S5W-35576
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of them being prioritised in England, for what reason it has not prioritised psychotherapists for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Question reference: S5W-35575
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 12 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mitigate the impact of managed isolation on international students.
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Question reference: S5W-35620
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when prison officers will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-35171
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how people will be able to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status should they be asked to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-34982
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on at what stage of the vaccine programme roll-out families will be permitted to visit relatives in care homes.
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Question reference: S5W-35291
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reimburse the travel costs of people who are unable to access public transport to attend their COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
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Question reference: S5W-35009
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the people carrying out the cleaning and maintenance of COVID-19 testing centres will be given the same priority as healthcare staff for access to vaccinations.
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Question reference: S5W-35569
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the number of people permitted to attend weddings following the end of the lockdown will be reviewed under the revised COVID-19 Strategic Framework.
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